Juneau Recovery Month events

Posted: September 6, 2012 - 6:26am

JUNEAU EMPIRE STAFF REPORT

September is National Recovery Month, and Juneau is partaking in several events and campaigns, listed below.

• “Recovery Film Festival”: Each Wednesday, a different film will be shown at the Gold Town Nickelodeon theater downtown. The films will start at 6:30 p.m., and a discussion will follow each showing. For more details, visit www.goldtownnick.com.

• “FASD Awareness Day”: On Sunday, Sept. 9, restaurants throughout the city will be serving free non-alcoholic beverages to pregnant women all day. This campaign aims to raise awareness about fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and the importance of not drinking during pregnancy.

• “Recovery Walk”: On Saturday, Sept. 15, SEARHC will host a Recovery Walk, beginning at 1 p.m. at Marine Park and going across the bridge to Sandy Beach, where a celebration of recovery will take place.

• “Swing into Recovery Dance”: On Friday, Sept. 21, there will be a dance that features live swing music from Swing Ba-da Bing and swing dance lessons from Daniel Martin. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., and it begins at 8 p.m. at Rockwell, downtown, formerly the Elk’s Club.

• “Recovery Poetry Slam”: A poetry slam featuring poems inspired by recovery from alcoholism, drug abuse and/or mental illness will be held Friday, Sept. 28, at Rockwell. It begins at 6:30 p.m. with an Open Mic, and the competition lasts from 7 to 9 p.m.